26 Nov 1973
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1973
Page
1
President Nixon announces 15 percent cuts in gasoline and home heating oil deliveries to curb a looming energy shortage. Regulations to begin Jan 1 require households 15 percent and commercial users 25 percent less heating oil, with further cuts for airlines, industry, and heating plans.
A Dutch Boeing 747 hijacked Sunday night over Iraq landed safely in Libya with 288 aboard 271 passengers and 17 crew. Hijackers from the Arab Youth Organization demanded clemency for seven comrades held in Cyprus during the refueling stop at Nicosia. Policymaker Makarios did not grant their request.
Con Edison plans to convert two power plants to coal burning amid a city anti pollution ruling. An official hopes an appeal will allow buying and burning coal from state agencies. In Washington, U S intelligence says Poland is sending 800 elite paratroopers to Egypt for UN emergency force support. Pentagon analysts call the move unusual for airborne troops.
Leaders of 17 Arab nations plus Yasir Arafat meet in Algiers to forge a unified approach toward Israel amid divisions. Libya and Iraq boycott, Jordan abstains via representative, and King Hassan of Morocco delays attendance as talks focus on peace prospects with Geneva talks set to begin December 18.
The Associated Press reports 19 people died on Empire State highways during the Thanksgiving weekend, including Geneseo State College students Jack Winterfield and Jonathan Sakowski. Fourteen others died in fires or non traffic incidents, with fog and rain blamed for several crashes.
An elementary Industrial Arts program now in its second year at Frederick Leighton Elementary School collaborates with SUNY Orners Young Mechanics. Student teacher Charles Michales guides a class as elementary students gain varied hands on experiences piquing interest among students, parents, and staff. Left to right: Mike Hammill, David Brown, Ben King, Judy Guzman. back: Fred Stevens.
Sheriff Ray T Chesbro of Oswego County commends local efforts against burglary and urges holiday security. He advises women to carry purses close, lock car doors, and keep packages in the trunk. Storekeepers should avoid blocking surveillance and review security as shoplifting rises.
Weather report for period ending 8 am with high 43 and low 29. Sunny periods this afternoon with highs in the lower 40s. Tonight and tomorrow bring a chance of rain, lows 30 to 35 and highs near 59, with winds turning southeast. Precipitation probability 0 percent this afternoon, 50 percent tonight, 60 percent tomorrow.
The White House filed a 22 page analysis and index with U S District Judge John J Sirica on Monday arguing that two Watergate tapes should be withheld from the grand jury in their entirety.
Rose Mary Woods testified in federal court about a missing 18 minute section of a June 20 1972 Nixon Halde man tape. The judge ordered White House tapes turned over as Woods faces potential Fifth Amendment invocation and the Times reports an involuntary erasure by accident.
A Gallup poll of 627 self identified Democrats shows Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts leading potential 1976 nominees. George Wallace and Edmund Muskie trail, with 15 percent and 9 percent respectively.
Congress returns from Thanksgiving with the Ford vice presidency nomination facing Senate vote and House hearings on Nixon era energy measures. Senate debates Ford today with a likely confirmation Tuesday and potential action on daylight time, debt ceiling, and public financing of elections this week.
Greece's new military rulers pulled tanks and troops from Athens and began removing Papadopoulos portraits. The ousted strongman, a former army colonel who led the 1967 takeover, is held under house arrest at a seaside home near Athens after a bloodless coup. No disturbances were reported nationwide.
Albert DeSalvo the self proclaimed Boston Strangler of the 1960s was found stabbed to death in his Walpole state prison cell. He had confessed to 13 Boston area killings between 1962 and 1964 but retracted the confession and was never convicted. DeSalvo, 42, was serving a life term for assaults on four other women. The body with multiple chest wounds was found in the hospital section where he worked as an orderly. no weapon or suspects were identified.
New York State Labor Department reports October jobless rate dip to 4.4 percent overall. No change in El mira at 4.5 percent. Suffolk County shows 5.6 percent, down from 6.0 in September, while Poughkeepsie area has the lowest at 2.1 percent.
The head of KLM and a flight crew were en route to Libya as a 264 passenger DC9 was hijacked by Palestinian guerrillas. A. W. Witholt and a doctor plus a male nurse accompanied President Sergio Orlandini on the flight, details of their mission unclear.
London AP reports British film star Laurence Harvey died of cancer at his London home Sunday night. He was 45 and had been ill for about 18 months, with friends visiting him in recent weeks.
The Irish Republican Army was blamed for four of five people killed by terrorists in Northern Ireland over the weekend. The dead include three British soldiers and two Roman Catholic civilians.
Government troops repelled four Khmer Rouge assaults along Highway 4 between Phnom Penh and the sea. In the clashes early today seven government soldiers and 32 insurgents were killed with 15 soldiers wounded, military sources said.
Detriot AP reports negotiators for about 34,000 electrical workers reached a tentative three year contract with General Motors to avert a strike. Spokesmen declined to release details after an all night bargaining session.
Senator Walter Langley of Albany proposed the creation of an energy inspector general to coordinate conservation efforts. The energy czar would ensure all state departments and agencies use the minimum energy necessary for operations.
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